5 North Africa

Question to consider: What is the status of Western Sahara? Is it a nation-state?


Be sure to read pp. 438-441
Key terms:

• Islam
• rai
• Souks
• Medina
• polygamy

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Exercise 1 - In class handout map, "North Africa: Physical and Political"
Exercise 2- North Africa Reteach

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The Human Planet Episode 2 Deserts: Life in the Furnace
Segment 1 Cattle Herding in Mali
Segment 2 Fertility Dance of the Wodaabe of Niger

Questions before viewing:

1. What desert would we be talking about if the country is Mali?
2. In which nations might we find Wodaabe people?